Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice Band Member Biographies
Junior Sisk: Vocals, Guitar, Band Leader.
Hometown:Ferrum,Virginia
Birthday: 11-0-64
Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing, etc.
Marital Status: Married (wife Susan) Children: Stepson-Patrick. Daughter-in-law Gina Grandbabies, Kile & KhloeType Instrument Played: 1947 Martin Guitar D-28Favorite Bluegrass Memory: Playing on stage with Dudley Connell at Musicians Against Childhood Cancer(MACC) in 2010. Awards and recognition: SPBGMA’s Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year Honor, 2013. SPBGMA’s Album of the Year Award for “The Heart of A Song,” 2013. SPBGMA’s Song of the Year, “A Far Cry from Lester and Earl,” 2013. IMBA’s Album of the Year, “The Heart Of A Song,” 2012.
IBMA’s Song of the Year, ”A Far Cry,” 2012.
SPBGMA Song of the Year for “A Train Without A Track” in 2011. SPBGMA’s Album of the Year for “Blue Side of the Blueridge” in 2010.
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Jason “Sweet Tater” Tomlin: Bass, Vocals.
Hometown: Amerst, Virginia
Birthday:01-16-89
Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing, and Bluegrass!Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Type Instrument Played: Bass
Favorite Bluegrass Memory: Pickin’ at Galax
Awards and recognitions: 2007 VFMA Male Vocalist
Chris Davis: Mandolin, Vocals.
Hometown: Fairborn, Ohio
Birthday: 10-09-79
Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing, Riding Bike
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: 3
Type Instrument Played: Mandolin
Favorite Bluegrass Memory: Playing in the Family Band
Awards and recognition: 2007 State Mandolin Champ West Virginia
Billy Hawks: Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals
Hometown: Dobson, NC
Birthday:09-03-68
Hobbies: Farming, Hunting
Marital Status: Married (wife Danette Hanks)
Children:Three Daughters Dayna, Kayla, Addy
Type Instrument Played:Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass
Favorite Bluegrass Memory:Wayside Park, Stewart Va.
Awards and recognition:First Place Fiddle at Galax 2001.
Jason Davis: Banjo, Vocals
Hometown:Ford, VA
Birthday:02-10-1988
Hobbies:Fishing, Hunting, Working Out, Old Gibson Banjos and Playing Music
Marital Status:Single
Children: None
Type Instrument Played: Banjo, Bass, and Guitar
Favorite Bluegrass Memory: Seeing The Lonesome River band for the first time when I was 12 years old.
Awards and recognition: My solo record was was nominated for IBMA instrumental album of the year in 2008. I won the junior state banjo competition in 2002 and 2003.
